Week #28 – Charlotte’s Web by EB White

Welcome to 2023!  On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!

Week #28 – Charlotte’s Web by EB White, 1952

The story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. Wilbur is being fattened for slaughter. Charlotte writes messages in her web praising Wilbur – Some Pig, Terrific, Radiant, and Humble – to persuade the farmer to let him live.

It was made into 2 movies, 1973 and 2006

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070016/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413895/

And a video in 2002

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355315/

At the end of the book Charlotte has 514 children, all of which balloon away except three – Aranea, Joy, and Nellie – who stay with Wilbur in the barn.

Different types of spiders and webs

EB White’s most popular books: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). He also co-wrote Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style (1959) currently in its fourth edition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style

Have you read any books by EB White? Or seen a movie? Tell us in the comments!